anti-apartheid
adjective
an·ti-apar·theid
ˌan-tē-ə-ˈpär-ˌtāt 
-ˌtīt,
ˌan-ˌtī-
: opposed to the former apartheid policy in the Republic of South Africa
anti-apartheid groups
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Gay anti-apartheid activists Simon Nkoli and Beverley Palesa Ditsie famously held the country’s first Pride event in Jo’burg in 1990 — and Johannesburg Pride is now the largest on the continent.
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Jd Shadel, Them, 2 July 2024
Divestment: the Polaroid Revolutionary Workers’ Movement Polaroid employees spearheaded an anti-apartheid divestment campaign against their own employer over their company's business in South Africa in the 1970s.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
In 1985, she was arrested for participating in an anti-apartheid demonstration in front of the South African embassy Washington D.C. according to the New York Times.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 12 June 2024
In the heat of 1980s anti-apartheid pressure campaigns urging divestment from South Africa, appeals to neutrality would’ve understandably sounded like cynical attempts to evade moral responsibility.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 June 2024
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Jd Shadel, Them, 2 July 2024
Divestment: the Polaroid Revolutionary Workers’ Movement Polaroid employees spearheaded an anti-apartheid divestment campaign against their own employer over their company's business in South Africa in the 1970s.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
In 1985, she was arrested for participating in an anti-apartheid demonstration in front of the South African embassy Washington D.C. according to the New York Times.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 12 June 2024
In the heat of 1980s anti-apartheid pressure campaigns urging divestment from South Africa, appeals to neutrality would’ve understandably sounded like cynical attempts to evade moral responsibility.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 June 2024
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